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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
Professional Diners-Out.

l meet them every day in the season,
dodglng out of side streets, in even
ing dress and immaculate linen, posting
along to eat with Smith or Brown or
Jones, with appetites sharpened by the
light diet OF the day. He may be mid
dle-aged or old, but the professional
dlner-out is never young. If any Young
man were to attempt such shifts for exist
ence as he practices, society would
promptly denounce him as an irreclaim.
able dead beat and leave him 10 stArve.
1t would probably be impossible for
any social censor to define exactly the
line OF demarkstion between the pro-
teSSional dead beat and the professional
diner out. In both cases it is a man
pretending TO be what he is not, in order
to get something for nothing; sort of
confidence game played quite as dex.
trously IN society 10y Ponsonby de Tom
kyns as might be practiced on the
conhding vulgar public by Hungry
Joe. But we are adopts at making
nice distinctions in these days of ad-
yanced social polish, and it is not in this
direction alone that we send one man 70
Coyeutry-or sing Sing-for what we
reward IN another rs a special virtue.
Ihe stock IN trade of the professional
diner out is his dress suit and the people
he knows. Smith invites him because
Jones does, and Brown because Jones
and smith do. He lives inexpensivelv
IN cheap lodgings or club, where he
never pays or any meal but his break
fast Indeed, diner-out who is master
Of his profession can get plenty of invi-
tatlons to Breakfast too. so that his
actual outlay on himself may be reduced
30 the merest cost Of bed and clean linen.
know one man who, on an income of
81, 200 year, which is the rent of
house left him as sole inheritance by
.ome relation, feeds fatty from wears
nd to years end, and still has money
'Ver. And no one 10 meet him at the
estal board would set him down for
nythng less than a millionaire .-Nsu
iork Aeus.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
Embarrassed Clerks.

The clerks in music stores often have
laughaole experiences. 4 young lady
walked into one of the largest on Wash
lngton street ana said, or seemed 10 saw
Il want Willie Nyen A boy was sent
TO scOur the store Tor William. and wber
that young gentleman presented himself
II would BE- hard TO say whether he or
the girl look the more sstouished. "Did
you ask for viii Nyen he said. Ger.
tainly not, she replied. Il want that
new song win and 80 An entirely
new clerk at another store came near
faintiug several times during his first
day behind the counter He had hard lv
taken his position when a young LADY,
with blonde treSScs aud ewes which
seemed made Of bits Of Italian sky,
walked up TO the counter. Fixing her
oTbs upon him, she said kiss Me.
Darling, ere lOu CO." They had m
take him ont and place him under the
iaucel, while another clerk gave the Gus
toner the music She desired. He had
hardly recovered enough 10 resume his
place when maiden, Of perhaps seventy
winters, remarked 10 him "Ah would
that l could love thee less w During the
severe illness which followed his han
turned raven black. But to-day tbis
clerk Is the most calloused man in the
store. All day long girls talk to him
like this al want beau (" "Give me I
back my heart, my love " "Oh. tell me- !
that you love mem Come, Birdie como I
and live with me n' And he merely re. /
plies Fifty cents, please I" aud wraps .
lp the bundle. One can get used To .
ny thug, In time--BOst0A Herald.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A parlor suit-Courting in the front
room.
A garden party-The Shanghai
Puck.
Go West young man and freeze up with
the country. Pluck
''Man wants but little here below"-
zero.-Bostsn Courier.
Congressman use six hundred towels
day. They ought to have "clean hands. ("
-N0rrist01cH Herald.
Maud S. is said to have stride of if
teen feet. How a man must envy her
when the sheriff's after him.-PhiLadeZ-
Phja Call.
Customer. Don't show me any more
Astrakhan. Pray what is that fur9"
Clerk. .-Fur9 Why, fur to keep yer
hands warm p'-Harper's BazGr.
The toboggan business is only a tenn
porary mania. Wen bet new hat that
every slide in the country will be aban-
doned before July 1.-Detroit Free Press.
naturalist recommends eating raw
onions for insomnia. The theory prob
ably is that you will go to sleep to
avoid smelling your breath. .-Neso Yark
Tribune.
'Would you marry an old man for his
money" asked Mildred. ''Well, de-
clare, " exclaimed Laura with a startled
air ''you surely don't suppose anything
else would induce me to marry him2"-
Pittsburg Dispatch
Mrs. Brimmer-Why, Mr.. Brimmer,
here's fly. Where did he come from
this cold weather2 See him hover around
that book. What is he after9 Mr.. Brim-
mer-Looking for the fly leaf, 1 suppose.
Boston Buiget.
'lf there is anything like better than
classical music, " SAID Major Brannigan,
In high voice, as he moved with the
throng out of the concert room, 'it's
lemons. They both set my teeth on
edge. ~ San Francisco Post.
The minister's quite discouraged,
As he looks at the empty news:
So few have his efforts encouraged
SO few who care for his views.
And he says, with voice full Of signing
he gospel most people are scorning;
An! ms world Is giving TO lying,
Yes. lying in bed, Sunday morning.
-GooddtPs Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

A writer in Canadian paper, speak
ing OF the possibilities of pulp as a sub
stitute for lumber in the manufacture Of
furniture and other articles now exclu-
sively made of wood, calls attention to
the resources afforded by northern Can
ada for the best pulp-making woods. 1t
Is found that in some localities the for
ests afe now at the best age for pulping
purposes, and capable of yielding from
forty to one hundred and twenty cords
per acre, if the whole Of the timber were
utilized. By mixing the pulp with clays,
stealite, asbestos, plumbago, mica, etc,
substances of every possible color and
compactness may be produced.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
'act is, 1 am thinking of getting mar

fact is, l am thinking of getting mar.
''Ellice," he said, brokenlv. ct wa,
cruel to come here to tell me that. Did
you think had still any hopes that You
cared for me, that you should come
here to kill them with that announce
mentr'-
.'No." she replied and then, as no
other words would come sat staring
helplessly at the pale face, as he leaned
against the cushions Of his chair. Pres
emily she arose and stood beside him
letting her fingers toy with the crisp,
dark curls that shaded his brow.
Roy, she whispered, hurrying into
speech, lest her courage should fail
'Roy, don't you know that [ love Won
better than any one else in the world7 I
loved you then, but l love YOU an
hundred times more now. Nv life has
been one long regret ever since. came
here to-day to ask YOU TO marry me
Don't refuse me, Roy. l have suffered
enough for my mistake and l love
you
''Oh! Ellice," he cried, between main
and pleasure, chow can 1 consentf II
would be such sacrifice"
II know it, Roy" she answered. will
1ully Misunderstanding him, ''when you
are worthy Of the best woman living:
put onl y let me be your wife, and 1 will
Try SO hard to make you happy"
am blind" he murmured, hope
lessly.
Let me be your eyes. OH Row. she
ssoobed, turning away and covering her
face with her hands, don't send me
away. l cannot bear it. 1 cannot live
without you"
He was silent for a moment. then he
arose and turned toward her.
1t seems unmanly to accept your sac
rltce, Ellice, he cried, "but nv life is
so dark, and, - his voice grew Infinitely
tender, Il love you so, come to me. lit
tie one" holding out his arms. "for I
cannot see you.
Then, as he clasped her to his heart.
and !, kissed the warm lips so near his own,
he whispered:
-. Il never knew before what a depriva-
ton the loss of sight is"
And how soon can we be married.
darlngf' he asked, as she was about to
leave him,
Piled.
"Really?''
''les, really" she answered.
To-day, then, " said he, promptly.
'Oh, well, not quite so soon as that
she said laughing, but in fortnight,
perhaps; yes, two weeks from TO-DAY"
1t will be an age" he declared, kiss
ng her goodbye, ''for 1 cannot even
write to you"
But he did.
A week later she received few lines
rom him. The words were blotted and
ne letters, uneven, but she did not think
If that. for he wrote:
you brought me sight. I can dis
lngulsh the shape of the paper upon
which write, and live in hopes that .
when we meet shall be able to see YOUR
lear face
And that hope was not vain.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

The French Academy of Medicine has
had an animated discussion on the Pas
teur system, in which both members and
auditors showed as much party passion
as is displayed al political meetings. NJ.
Peter gave details Of five deaths among
M Pasteur's hydrophoba patients, APP
parently due to the paralytic form of
rabies, that is to say, to the Pasteur. not
to the canine, virus. On the other side
1t was stated that of 2,Gse persons
treated up to the end of last year. only
thirty one had died, ten of these being
among the 1s6 persons bitten in the face
or head. No death, moreover, had oc-
CURED among the fifty of those 1856 per
sons to whom the intensive treatment
had been applied, As in most discus
sions, each of the two parties adhered to
its original opinion.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

A report has been returned by the
Government relative to the amount of
forests consumed in this country to sup
ply railroad ties. We have at present
$50, 600 miles of railroad and the report
is based upon the return from 63 Der
cent. Of the roads. From this report we
tind that, allowing the ties to be renewed
once in seven years, there will be re-
suired for this purpose and for the sup
ply Of new roads from year to year, the
timber from $50, ia acres. As thirty
years will be necessary to renew the
growth, we must set aside as a railroad
reserve tract of woodland embracing
a0, 0,97l, 42o acres to supply the necessary
timber for ties-or an area larger than
Vermont, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts combined.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

-Four prosperous citizens Of New York
earn their livelihood as doctors for the
lap-dogs of rich women. As rule. tho
only medicine they use is starvation.
They ding the dear pets into barred
boxes, and deprive them of food for four
days, having found out that the usual
trouble with pet dogs is that they are
fed extravagantly and improperly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

Thirty y-three thousand readers of an
English newspaper competed recently
for prize offered for the best list of the
greatest twelve among living men. The
results of this competition are somewhat
curious. Mr. Gladstone led the polls.
receiving 80, 544 votes, while Bismarck
got S2, PAS. Tennyson came third, with
%, O64, and De Lesseps fourth, with
i9, 776. The remaining eight members
of the great dozen, as determined by
this election, are Lord Wolseley, the
Marquis Of Salisbury, Count Won Motke.
John Bright, Lord Randolph Churchill,
John Ruskin, Henry Irving, and Henry
NJ. Stanley. For the last place among
the twelve, Stanley and Pasteur were
almost neck and neck, the explorer beat
ing the hydrophobiosopher by less than
thirty votes. It win be observed that
there is no American among the greatest
twelve, unless Stanley is counted as an
American.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

In a paper on the cclor of ewes in
France, NJ. Topinard has called atten-
tion to the extreme rarity of greenlsh
eyes IN Europe, only six cases having
been observed by Professor virchow in
5000, 600 Germans With US green.
eyed person must be fully as uncommon
sight. Yet Chinese annals record that
green eyes abound in parts of Asia, and
Pallas notes that they are met with in
Siberia.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
Conversation.

shorthand notes were taken OF the fol-
lowing conversation at a recent fashion
able reception,
Dude Really, now"
She-''Yes, indeed. "
Dude-"Awtully funny, you know. "
she--'The drollest thing in life"
Dude-'Why, to be sure. b."
Nhe-'I was so surprised
Dude Nothing surprises me-"
And thus do we keep up our reputa-
tion as the Athens Of America. -Bosto.
GLOBE,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

Professor Humphreys investigation of
the physical condition and habits of CEN
tenarians shows that out of fifteen males
seven smoked much, one smoked a little
ana seven did not smoke at all. Among
wenty-eight females four smoked much.
one little, one moderately and twenty,
two none at all; two used snuff.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

lt is stated that Louisiana, Mississippi.
Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee have
expended $64, S75, 900 for leveeing low
lands on the Mississippi, amounting to
10, 762, 600 acres, with population of
i's2o' 7SS, that produces annually agri-
cultural products amounting in value to
SIS, 725, 900.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
Another Sad Failure.

sweet Girl-"And so YOU have been
on the plains for ten yoarsF
handsome Cowboy -'les, this Is the
nrst time I've been back into real civiliza.
tion
'Now please tell me, in that lonely
me, SO far removed from the rehRing
Influences of-civhization, YOU Know,
,whst did you miss mostP'
"OYsteTs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23

A prominent Baltimore physician esti
mates that 100 bodies are used every
winter for dissection by the 6s2 medical
students in that city, half of which. he
thinks are stolen from the city grave.
yards.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-03-23
BETWEEN WINTER AND SPRING

That weary time that comes between
Inc last snow aud the earliest greeut
One barren clod the wide fields lie.
And all our comfort is the sky.
We know the sap is in the tree
That life at buried roots must be;
Yet dreary is the earth we tread.
As if her very soul were dead.
Before the dawn the darkest hourl
The blank and chill before the fowerl
Beauty prepares this background grey.
Whereon her loveliest tints to lay.
Ah, patience! ere we dream Of it.
Springs fair new gospel will be writ.
Look up good only can befan.
While heaven is at the heart of ALI
-Ltscy Ldrconl, ia Youths Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18
SUMMONS,

TERRITORY OF IDAHo,l -
County of Alturas.
In the Probate Court of Alturas County, Territory
of Idaho.
William Kennedy. plaintiff, vs. Boyd Park, Mi
chael Shaughnessy and Eudora Shaughnessy,
defendants.
To Boyd Park. Michael Shaugbnessy and Eudora
Shaughnessy:
In the name of the People of the United
States in the Territory of Idaho:
You are hereby notified that there is now on file
in the Office Of the Probate Court of the County of
Alturas, in the Territory of Idaho, the complaint
OF William Kennedy demanding of you Three
Hundred and Sixty-F Dollars upon the follow
ing cause of action: for work and labor perform
ed and services rendered by plaintiff for you dur
ing December, 1886. and the first five months of
the year 1887, at Aturas county, Idaho Territory,
all Of which fully appears by the complaint ON file,
copy herewith served.
And you are hereby notified that unless You
appear and answer to said complaint at my Office
IN HALEY, Idaho Territory, within ten days lex.
elusive of the day of service), after the service
on you of this summons, If served within this
county; or, If served out of this county, but in
this District, within twenty days: otherwise,
within forty days or judgment by default will be
taken against you for the sum of Three Hundred
and sixty -Four Dollars, t$364OO) together with
the costs Of suit.
In testimony whereof, I, E. B. Lennon
Probate Judge, have herennto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court
tsEALl at HALEY, Idaho, this 3lst day of MAJ,
A. D. 1887.
je4td32 E.. B. LENNON,
Probate Judge and exc fRcio Clerk of said Court.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18
SUMMONS.

Tn the District Court of the Second Judicial Dis.
trict of the Territory Of Idaho. In and Tor the
County of Alturas.
Samuel Allen, william H. Watt Walter p Jenney.
and Jonn R. Clark, plaintiffs, vs. Samuei r.
woodward, Elias Folk, and George Montgom-
cry, defendants: II
The people of the United States in the TERRITORY
Of Idaho send greeting TO Samuel r Wooo-
ward, Elias Folk, and George Montgomery
defendants:
You are hereby required TO appear in an action
brought against you by the above-named plain.
tiffs in the District Court OF the second JnulciN
District Of the Territory Of Idaho IN ana loI tne
County of Alturas, and to answer the complaint
filed therein, within ten days texciusive OF the
day of service) after the service on you OF this
summons, if served within this county; OF, II
served out of this county, but in this District,
within twenty DAYS: otherwise. within forty days
or Judgment by default will be taken against
you according to the prayer OF said complaint.
The said action is brought to dissolve the part
nership existing between the parties to this
action, that accounting be had between plain.
tiff and defendants for amount OF expenses o.
working certain mines described in complaint
that plaintiffs have Judgment for the sum OF
$l050 90 and interest having been paid out ana
expended for defendants in the working OF the
ParKer Group of mines; that said amount be adj
Judged to be a lien upon the interest of defend
ants In said mines; and that it be foreclosed and
said interest be sold to satisfy said Judgment and
costs: as will more fully appear in plaintiff
complaint, a certified copy Of which is herewith
served.
And you are hereby notified that if you fail 70
appear and answer the said complaint, as above
required, the said plaintiffs will take default and
apply to the Court for the relief demanded In said
complaint.
trict Court of the Second Judicial District of the
Territory of Idaho, IN and for the County of AL.
turas this 18th day of june in the year of our Lord
[sEALl A. L. RICHARDSON. Clerk,
By E. E. RICHARDS, Deputy CLERK.
LYTTLEroN PmcE, Attorney for Plaintiffs. jeli
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18
SUMMONS.

TERRITORY OF IDAHO, GO
County of Alturas. 90
In the Probate Court of Alturas County, Territory
of Idaho.
Samuel Allen, Plaintiff, VS.. Samuel B. Woodward,
Defendant.
To Samuel B. Woodward;
In the name of the People of the United
States in the Territory Of Idaho:
You are hereby notified that there is now on file
in the office of the Probate Court of the County of
Of Samuel Allen demanding of you the sum of
$3.50 and legal interest from October 9TH 1885, up
on the following cause of action: For money
loaned defendant by plaintiff at defendants requ
on the 9th day of october, A. d. 1885. of which
part has been paid, all of which fully appears by
complaint on file, a copy Of which is herewith
served.
And that unless you appear and answer to said
complaint at my Office in Haley Idaho erritory,
within ten days exclusive of the day of service),
after the service on you of this summOns-if
served within this county; or If served out Of
this county, but in this district, within twenty
days; otherwise within forty dsys--or judgment
Of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars and legal in
terest since October 9th, 1885, together with costs
of suit.
In testimony whereof, I, E. B. Lennon,
Probate Judge, have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said court,
[sEALl at HALEY, idaho, this 18th day Of June,
E. b. LENNON,
Probate Judge and ex Offcio Clerk of said Court.
[Endorsedl
Samuel Allen, Plaintiff, VS.. Samuel B. Woodward,
Defendant.
LYTTLEToN PRICE, Attorney for Plsintih.
jelSd3O
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18
SOROFULA

4 lido not believe that
Ayers SnrsAparilla
has an equal as q cure
for ScrOfulous HUI
mors. It is pleasant
to take, gives strength
to the body, and pro-
duces q more permac
nent result than any
medicine I ever used.
e. Haines, North
Lindale, Ohio.
I have used Ayers
Sarsaparilla, in my
family, for Scrofula,
and know, If 1t is
!. taken faithfully it will
y thoroughly eradicate
this terrible disease.
Nv. F. Fowler, M. D.,
Greenviile, Tenn.
For forty years I
have suffered with
Erysipelas. I have
.ltried various remedies
nj for my complaint, but
found no relief until
II commenced using
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
After taking ten bot
ties of this medicine I
am completely cured.
IN. G. Amesbnry,
Rockport, Nc.
I have suffered, for
years, from Catarrh,
which was SO severe
that it destroyed my
appetite and weak
ened my system.
After trying other
remedies, without re-
lief, ! began to take
Ayers Sarsaparilla,
and, in q few months,
was cured. Susan l..
Cook, 500 Albany st.,
n Boston, Mass.
Ayers Sarsaparilla
10 superior to any
blood purifier that I
ever tried. I have
taken it for Scrofula,
ICanker, and Salt
Rheum, and received
much benefit from it.
It II good, also, for
. weak stomach. -
Mile Jane PIERCE, s.
Bradford, Mass. II
SarsapariI|a,
J.C. Aver g. Co., Lowell, Mass.
II; six bottles, e5.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18

the saving in fuel expect to make fair inter
est Old their investment In some cases the
differeuoe in the cost of fuel will make
nice profit to the gas nsers, and In
cases where the cost Of fuel amounts
to 50 per cent. Of the cost Of the manufac-
tured article, as l am told 1t does in num-
Der of manufactures, the establishments
coming to the gas country, where they get
their fuel for practically nothing, will force
their competitors to follow them. The man.
ufacturer who thinks Of moving to this ter
ritory ought to come here and look the
ground over for himself. The different towns
will bid against each other, and he can make
almost any terms he pleases.
FRANK g. CARPENTER.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18

And in accordance with law, and the order of
the Board of Directors of this corporation, made
on said 31st day Of May, 1887, so many shares Of
each parcel of stock as may be necessary will be
sold at public auction, at the principal office Of
the company, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory,
at the hour of IL m, on the
10Th DAY OF JULY, A. D. 1887,
to pay the said delinquent asse ssment. together
with cost Of advertising and expense of sale.
CHARLES READ,
Secretary King of the West Mining Co.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. July 8. 1881. jys
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-18
AN AMERICAN IN VIENNA.

Some of the Peculiarities of the Capital
Of the Austrian Empire.
Especial Correspondence
VIENNA, Austria, June %.
Women here carry hods and mix mortar
Peculiar class. From the provinces. Wear
long boots to the knee. Short skirts to the
boots. Practical dress. But not ornamental
Seven different kinds Of costume seen daily on
the street. Laborers at noon lie down and
sleep on the pavements. Ditto in the parks on
the grass. Both sexes seen lying side by side.
No "keep off the grass" at every turning
Polish Jews frequent. In black gowns reach.
ing to heels, high hats and long corkscrew